Shylock Is Me: Aryeh Elias as an Immigrant Jewish-Iraqi Actor in the Israeli Theatre

Naftali Shem Tov

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-20196-7_25

Shylock Is Me: Aryeh Elias as an Immigrant Jewish-Iraqi Actor in the Israeli Theatre

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Aryeh Elias (1921–2015) was an Israeli theatre and film actor who emigrated from Iraq. Since his Arabic accent was considered ‘problematic,’ Israeli theatre rejected him. His dream of performing classic roles like Shakespeare’s Shylock went unfulfilled and he never emerged from Israeli theatre’s margins. This case study is examined within the context of orientalist and Eurocentric casting politics that place barriers in front of actors whose accents and appearances do not fit ‘proper’ Israeli standards.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Palgrave Handbook of Theatre and Migration
Editors	Yana Meerzon, S. E. Wilmer
Publisher	Springer International Publishing
Pages	315-325
Number of pages	11
ISBN (Electronic)	9783031201967
ISBN (Print)	9783031201950
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-20196-7_25
State	Published - 1 Jan 2023

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